This was the first home tiki bar of Swanky. It was
dismantled in December 2004.

I had the pleasure of entertaining "I Belli di
Waikiki", Pablus, TNTiki, Basement Kahuna, Brad Owens of Hale Tiki and many
others there.

The entrance. I like my tiki in one place. The
rest of my house is atomic 50's and the tiki bar is a complete departure to a
rough, tropical setting.

Everything here is connected to the wall by maybe
4 nails. I made a triangle frame of split bamboo and nailed it to the door
frame. The side poles are just tied on for looks and the 5" poles are just on
end. No support. The thatch is hooked over a few nails in the top of the door.

The sign is designed after the Don the
Beachcomber driftwood sign. Just behind the sign you can see a PNG hunting
talisman hanging.

Turning right upon entering, we have the top of
the Milan Guanko tiki I found here in Knoxville. He came from a restaurant, but
which? Maybe the Blue Hawaii or Mahi Mahi in Nashville? On the wall is an upper
Sepik river PNG mask.The lighted lamp was made with tapa cloth from the building
of Hale Tiki in Augusta. Walls are covered in reed fencing which is held in
place by fishing wire strung through two screw eyes on either end. It runs
across at about 3 and 5 feet to keep it upright, and it rests on the baseboards.
Minimal footprint. A little raffia at the roof.

Another view with a little out the door. This is
closer to the lighting as it is, but still too bright. The roof is thatch panels
tied to a 4 4 x 4 frame of split 2" bamboo. The 4 x 4 panels were hung by 4
wires dropped from the ceiling and run through a hole at each corner. The four
panels meet in the center of the room so that one wire help up 2 corners, one of
each panel. 4 wires in the center of the room help up 4 panels. Two more wires
help the ends of each panel. 12 wires in all held up 4 panels and the corners
were attached to those panels as well. So the entire drop thatch roof and the
other stuff attached was help by 12 wires run up to ceiling joists in the attic.

This is turning left at the door. A vintage green
rattan chair below. The barrel needs to be repainted with "Ron Cubano" some day.
I mounted a light inside it and keep my Mai Kai collection on display there.

Back tot he other side. Here you see my Mai Tiki
and another PNG piece.

The base of the Guanko and beside it a hunting
image from PNG, and my Hukilau "trophy" from Bamboo Ben and Keigs. There is one
of the speakers back there.

The mantle of the fireplace made a nice display
for the mugs, etc.. A little split bamboo made it look right. This bamboo was
Georgia grown and harvested by Basement Kahuna.

My large lighted puffer fish and the built in
cabinet for the drinking glasses. Here in the corners, I attached the bamboo
across to the 4 x 4 panels and laid the thatch across it.

The big guy. He is a 40+ year old Oratory Table
from the Korogo Village in Papua New Guinea. He is about 7 feet tall. On the
right is another lamp made from Hale Tiki tapa. Behind him is a piece of Samoan
tapa cloth hung for a wall covering.

The corner again with the bar ingredients.
Most of the Grog Log was made with just these and the stuff in the fridge.Those
are pineapples growing down below.

Puffer lit up.

The other corner with the giant fish float. That
one is about the size of a large beach ball.